2018 Taipei Int’l Startup Week

ABOUT

An entrepreneur is a person who finds the way out. To start a business is not easy, but once you are determined to take the first step, then it will be a giant leap to your dream. Taipei City is trying to become the regional innovation hub in Asia, the first choice for international startups. To achieve the goal, Taipei City Government built a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem to back up every citizen who dares to dream.

During the 2018 Taipei International Startup Week, “Leap Up”, there will be many events which aim to stimulate the interactions between Taipei startup teams and global experts, including StartUP@Taipei Global Linkage Forum, StartUP@Taipei Demo Day, StartUP@Taipei XR Summit, StartUP@Taipei Pavilion and Pop Up Asia.

Through the events, startup teams can not only show their creativity and energy but also have the opportunities to link up with worldwide partners.

Agenda

With the development of emerging technologies and industrial transformation, entrepreneurship has become a global trend. To offer startups more international sources, the delegates of accelerator, incubator from Netherlands, Vietnam and the Philippines are invited to StartUP@Taipei Global Linkage Forum to reveal the startup trends and opportunities in their countries…(more)

Entrepreneurship requires resources from many aspects. In order to accelerate the development of startups and promote investment, Taipei City Government has held a number of business matchmaking conferences since 2016, which involved 206 angel investors and matched 212 teams. To assist startups to expand global market, StartUP@Taipei Demo Day will be held during the 2018 Taipei International Startup Week…(more)

Extended reality (XR) includes representative forms such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). This kind of immersive technology has driven many innovative applications and rapidly changed patterns in various industries. To accelerate the interaction between domestic and international XR industry, Taipei City Government co-organized the StartUP@Taipei XR Summit with TAVAR (Taiwan Association for Virtual and Augmented Reality)…(more)

“StartUP@Taipei” was established in 2015 by Taipei City Government and aims to help innovative entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams and start the business in Taipei. To broaden entrepreneurs’ horizon and enhance international cooperation, the government holds an exposition “2018 Meet Taipei Startup Festival”…(more)

To show the great diversity of Taipei’s startups, 2018 Taipei International Startup Week cooperates with Pop Up Asia, the first handicraft trade fair which dedicated to foster creative dialogues among handicraft entrepreneurs, artisans, suppliers and organizers in Asia…(more)